Rethinking My Career Direction - Trinity College, Dublin · back to pre-recession levels • Tourism and hospitality • Retail and Wholesale • Transport • Logistics and distribution

Rethinking My Career Direction

John FitzgeraldCareer Coach &

Founder Harmonics

February 11th 2012

• Lead Manager Coach

• High Performing Teams

• 1:1 Business Coaching

• Financial Plan for Life

• Financial Health Check

• Personalised Financial Review

• Permanent Recruitment

• Contract / Temporary Resourcing

• Career Management

• Career Transition

• Group Outplacement

• Planning of Downsizing

Career Management &

Career Transition

Recruitment & Search

Leadership Development &

Performance Coaching

Personal Financial Planning

What we do

Our Clients

3 Things Today

World of Work What’s happening out there

Rethinking your CareerHow to rethink and sustain career transition

Rethinking Tips Parting Advice

My Career Journey My Career Journey

Are you sheepwalking?


“Heads Up Rugby”


Emerging

High Growth Sectors -208k jobs

Continued potential to increase in the medium term

• Information and communications technology (ICT)

• Health Life Sciences

• International Financial Services

• Agri-Food

• Internationally traded services

New Sectors -270k jobs

Small in employment terms but are expected to grow

significantly

• Clean / Green technologies

• Creative digital media and content industries

• Marine and maritime

• Healthcare (ehealth services)

Traditional sectors -604k jobs

Employment has been badly hit but where there will

be some demand in the medium term but not getting

back to pre-recession levels

• Tourism and hospitality

• Retail and Wholesale

• Transport

• Logistics and distribution

• Construction (other than eco construction projects)

Locally traded sectors - 455k jobs

Depending on a return to consumption to drive growth

• Professional and business services

• Medical services

• Personal services

Forfas Report – 22nd August 2011

A significant number of opportunities will also arise from replacement demand – around 44,000 jobs per annum. These will arise across all occupational sectors..

Employment Sectors in Ireland

My Career Journey

Employability Skills in the jobs market

Information

Literacy

(IT)

Numeracy

Self

Management

Team

Working

Problem Solving

Analysis

CustomerRelations

in Business

Communication

EmployabilitySkills

CBI Employability Framework

“A set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to

ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to employer and the wider

economy.“


70% of jobs growth – Creative work

Routine work can be outsourced!


Employability Languages +

+ Sales skills =

+ Architecture =

+ Career Vision =


Future Trend

Dependence

• Security of a Job

Independence

• Self Employed

Interdependence

• Alternating between both


3 Things Today





Most people today

looking for a quick fix


FUTURECURRENT POSITION

What is my Gap?


What I want to do next is?

Best atPassionate

Add ValueCareer niche

How to build sustainable career satisfaction

Love what you do Develop your talents

Make Money


What I want to do next is?

Next Year

Year after

Bu

ild

sk

ills

Ad

d V

alu

e

Timeline

Now

A magneticlong term goal

What will pull you forward?


What is really

stopping you?

Our thoughts become our

World

WhBere am I now?

No jobs out

there?

I want a

seamless

transition

I don’t know

what else I

could do

I can’t afford

to change

now

because of

family

If I move

jobs now, I

will be last in

and maybe

first out

Common Career Barriers


3 Things Today





Marketing is the act of telling storiesKnow your own Story


Personal Career Brand

PEOPLE

PROCESSPROSPECTS

PROJECTS

Who we know What & How we do it well

Grow Trust by

telling your

story of added

value


Career Tips for Future

o Be Yourself – you can be no one else!

o Is your video congruent with your audio?

o Be a Role Model – others want to follow

o What message do you send out daily?

o Be Passionate – in everything you do

o Wherever you get your energy – do more!


Career Tips for Future

o Rethink your job – 80% of people flatline in their

jobs after 1 year

o Rethink your resources – we all have choices, all of

our achievements come outside our comfort zone

o Recession opportunities – a time build skills and

grow leadership capability and step up to the

challenge

• The difference between you now and in 5 years –

the books you read, the people you meet and the

actions you take!


“Most people are lazy”


3 Last pieces of advice

Get off the couch

Get a Coach

Know what you want


A parting thought ……….

You are looking at the person most

responsible for your career every

morning…what do you see?

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Rethinking My Career Direction - Trinity College, Dublin · back to pre-recession levels • Tourism and hospitality • Retail and Wholesale • Transport • Logistics and distribution